Cartridge-carrier



(No Model.)

W. SPLIT'I.

. CARTRIDGE CARRIER. No. 343,259. I- Patented June 8, 1886.

mammal lUNITED STaTns PATENT. @Trice VILLIAH SILITT, OF VAUW'ATOSA, VISCONSIN.

CARTRIDGE-CARRIER.

SPEQIFICATIO- forming part of Letters Patent No. 343,259, dated June 8, 1886.

Application tiled March 15, 1886.

To @ZZ whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM SPLI'rr, of Vauwatosa, in the county of Milwaukee and State of Visconsin, have invented new and useful Improvements in Cartridge'Cai-riers; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of said invention, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters or gures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

Heretofore in transporting loaded metalshell sporting-cartridges in which shot or a number of missiles were contained in the charge, it has been difficult to retain the charge in its proper position in the shell, especially when, as is usually the case, the charge does not entirely fill the shell.

My invention is intended to obviate this difficulty, as well as to provide a neat, compact, and durable carrier very convenient for use.

In the drawings, Figure l is a top view of the carrier, one lid of the cover being open, exposing the contents to sight. vertical section ofthe carrier. Fig. 3 is alongitudinal central section of a loaded cartridge. Fig. 4 is an enlarged view of a part of the carrier. Fig. 5 is a detail.

The same letters referto like partsin all the views.

Ais a rectangular case having its four side walls, A AA A, preferably constructed of two thicknesses of sheet metal,and only slightly deeper than the length of a metal cartridgeshell, and is provided with several series of bent wires, B B BB', forming together pockets or recesses for the reception of cartridges. The wires are a'liixed at one end to one side of the case, and at the other end to the opposite side of the case. rlhese wires are arranged in pairs, BB', about as far apart as twothirds of the diameter of the shell, and extend across l lid, which might result in the exploding of the case in both directions, crossingveach other at right angles. Each of these wires is affixed at its ends to the sides of the case, and being bent at right angles runs to about even with the edge of the case, when it bends at right angles and extends far enough to cross the open end of a shell about midway from its center to its circumference, when it again bends back4 at right angles, returning to the opposite edge ofthe case, where it again bends Fig. 2 is av Serial No. 195,308. (No model.)

at right angles, and, repeating several times the first form, continues to the opposite side of the case, to which side the other end of the wire is affixed. The result of this double series of bent wires across the case is the formation of several series of pockets, C C, open at the top and bottom of the case alternately, and adapted for the reception of the cartridgeshell. A spiral spring, D, is inserted at the bottom of the several pockets C C, which extends upward therein,and as the shell is thrust into the pocket the spring entersthe shell and presses against the charge in the shell, and as the shell is pressed to the bottom of the pocket thespring is compressed more or less, and bearing firmly against the charge E holds it in position in the shell while the shell remains in the carrier.

rI he top and the bottom of the case are each provided with a cover in two parts or lids, F and G, hinged to the walls of the case A,pref erably by segmental hinges H H, taking into the apertures therefor in the Walls of the case, which construction permits of the removal of the lids from the case entirely, if desired, and the lids, closing together at the middle, are held to the case by sliding bolts or catches I, sliding in the walls of the case, and taking into the lid through a slot in a recess, J.

To secure the cartridge against a possible concussion ofthe fulminating-cap, which projects up into the aperture Kin the top of the shell, I provide grooves L L in the lids F and G, which, when the lids are closed on the case,are directly over the caps, projecting from the interior of the charge in the shell into the apertures KK of the shell, whereby room is provided, permitting a slight springing outward or' the cap or possible pressure of the i lid against the top of the shell without danl ger ot' the concussion of the cap against the the cap and tiring the cartridge. The covers being removed from both top and bottom of the case, cartridges may be l readily inserted in the pockets C C, the small open end of the cartridgel being thrust into l the pocket, the spiral spring entering the shell i and pressing against the charge, and when all i the pockets are lled,as seen inthe uncovered part of Fig. 1, the lids are put on and fast i cned, as hereinbefore described.

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What I claim as new, and desire to secure 3. In a cartridgecasehaving pockets C C, by Letters Patent, isadapted to hold metal-shell cartridges,top and 1. A cartridge-carrier consisting of a. oase bottom covers provided with grooves L L, 15 provided with Wire frame-Work,forming poeksubstantiallyas and for the purpose described. 5 ets for the reception of cartridges, and re- In testimony whereof Ialx my signature in movable hinged lids at the top and bottom, presence of two Witnesses. substantially as described.

2. In a cartridge-ease having an opening I XVILLIAM SPLITT. and closing top and bottom, the rigid wires B ro B', forming pockets G G, and in combination Vitnesses: f.,

therewith the spiral springs D D, substan- C. T. BENEDIGT, tially as and for the purpose described. E. R. INMAN. i 

